Sr. Field Territory Manager - Northern Ohio

Farmers Insurance Careers • Toledo, OH

70d

About The Position

This position manages an assigned territory of core Foremost Independent Agencies, including responsibilities to prospect and appoint new agencies, drive profitable premium growth, and achieve financial and operational goals. This role develops and manages agency partnerships and serves as the primary relationship between the agency and the company. The position develops and successfully promotes and supports the available suite of Foremost products and services, including a portfolio of complex accounts, within an assigned territory. This role is at the forefront of building premium growth through relationships with agents to ensure market share is built successfully. This position is an individual contributor who works independently with minimal guidance and direction from management and field distribution partners while performing work with business unit and enterprise impacts. It may mentor or coach less experienced team members to support peer learning but has no supervisory responsibilities. The position is remote with required weekly field travel.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelors degree preferred.
• CIC, CPCU, or insurance licenses preferred upon hire.
• Minimum five years of field insurance sales and management work experience with progressing responsibility.
• Experience achieving consistent profitable premium growth and sales success.

Responsibilities

• Owns and manages assigned territory driving profitable growth to achieve financial and operational targets.
• Leads, develops, and executes territory tactical plan and agency management processes to support financial and operational targets, measure results, and pivot as necessary.
• Independently builds and cultivates mutually beneficial agency partnerships in person with agency ownership, management, and frontline staff using a consultative sales framework.
• Acts as a trusted advisor while delivering product, underwriting philosophy, appetite, and system training to support retention and new business development.
• Creates, maintains, and executes high quality agency strategies and plans, including holding agents accountable, to achieve written premium, profit, and new business goals.
• Collaborates with field distribution partners to plan and align strategic and tactical components with key business strategies.
• Drives and ensures quality of new business flow, appropriate mix of business, and overall risk management of both individual agency books and overall assigned territory.
• Provides appetite and target market clarity, identifies and addresses profit or quality of business concerns to ensure profitability across territory.
• Strategically utilizes internal reporting and tools designed to support the Independent Agent channel.
• Serves as a subject matter specialist to assist in leading, collaborating, influencing, and supporting internal business partners.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications and location.
• Bonus Opportunity (based on Company and Individual Performance)
• 401(k)
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees